Investing for Beginners
Lump Sum or Dollar Cost Averaging for Your First Investment
Say you just received a 12,000 dollar inheritance, a bonus or the proceeds from selling a car, and you have already decided it...
Credit and debt writer
Owen worked in consumer debt collections for five years before switching sides to explain what actually shows up on a credit report and what a collector can and cannot do. He writes about credit and debt from the side that used to call.
Investing for Beginners
Say you just received a 12,000 dollar inheritance, a bonus or the proceeds from selling a car, and you have already decided it...
Taxes Simplified
A reader emailed me last spring with a familiar shock.
Retirement Planning
A friend of mine worked at the same company for three years contributing 3 percent of her $100,000 salary to her 401(k).
Investing for Beginners
A question I heard constantly when I worked in collections, usually from people who had just made a payment arrangement with...
Games
Anyone who has traded items in an online game for long enough has either been scammed or watched a friend get burned.
Credit & Debt
A credit score feels like a verdict handed down by a system nobody will explain, which is why so much effort goes into the...